Beiyang reactionaries

"Yes."

Wang Yongjiang then said: "Prime Minister, since a large oil field has been discovered, the equipment must keep up. At present, we can provide certain oil production equipment and storage equipment. But our oil refining equipment is all small equipment, and some are even The equipment built by the native method is completely incompatible with the large oil field. Once it is really a large oil field and the oil production is high, then we need large-scale oil refining equipment. For large-scale oil refining equipment, only the United States is the best at present. Our Immediately start to import large refining equipment from the United States and start building this oil field.”

"Correct."

Duan Xun nodded.

Looking at the map, he said: "If there is really a large oil field here, then our Petroleum Corps will make a home here. We will establish a large oil field and a city here. Let's celebrate together, I think it will be called Daqing Oilfield gone."

"Prime Minister, the meaning is good."

Dai Kan smiled and said, "It's called Daqing Oilfield."

534

It happened too suddenly.

The Great Depression in the United States came so suddenly that many high-level officials in China were caught off guard, even inexplicably.Because everyone has never experienced these things, many people were at a loss when they heard about the economic crisis in the United States.How powerful the United States is, how rich the United States is, and such an United States has unexpectedly experienced an economic crisis.It was completely unexpected.

At this time, hoarding gold is very useful, and people can discover the benefits of gold at once.As the so-called gold in troubled times, after the economic crisis, gold is the best hedging tool and the best safe haven.Therefore, the price of gold in the United States rose rapidly.Many people are very grateful for the "Golden Act" that Duan Xun personally instructed.

It is precisely because the Bank of China issued the "Gold Act" at that time, collecting more than half of the private gold, and now the government is able to control more than 1000 tons of gold.In just a few months, the price of these golds began to rise sharply, which immediately increased China's foreign exchange reserves by more than 4000 million U.S. dollars, and it is still rising.Looking at the current situation, the overall price of these golds will soon rise by an estimated [-] million US dollars, or even more.

It is this gold that allows China to have enough foreign exchange, which can be used in the Great Depression in the United States.

Of course, everyone was even more surprised, and what made everyone excited was the discovery of oil in Sartu.After Zhang Zhijiang reported to the Construction Corps and the Ministry of Energy Industry, in the next few days, two more oil wells also produced oil one after another.Five oil wells produced oil, and the daily crude oil output reached 500 tons, making the annual crude oil output of the newly discovered Daqing Oilfield nearly reach 20 tons.It can be said that the entire Chinese high-level officials were shocked, and even many oil tycoons and oil experts in the world began to pay attention to the oil fields discovered in Northeast China.With the deepening of exploration, everyone found that Sartu is really a big oil field.The preliminary exploration results show that Sartu has about 12 billion tons of oil, which is already an astonishingly large oil field.

Therefore, the Ministry of Energy and Industry immediately decided to purchase equipment for the construction of oil fields from the United States, including large-scale oil refining equipment, and prepare to start laying oil pipelines.

There is simply no time to think about it.

Because oil fields have been discovered, crude oil production is increasing every day.1930 tons, [-] tons, [-] tons, [-] tons, in just a few months, the daily crude oil production of Sartu Oilfield has risen in a straight line.By around April [-], daily crude oil production had exceeded [-] tons.

So where is the time to think about it.

Are you in a hurry at the oil field?So directly purchase a complete set of refining equipment, and then pull it back to the country for assembly.Of course not so fast, but it is precisely because of the purchase of complete equipment, and it is easy to pay for it.Therefore, a set of large-scale oil refining equipment with an annual refining capacity of 300 million tons has left the United States and will be able to arrive in China in about May.Use the railway to enter Sartu, and the final assembly is completed, which is estimated to be in July or August.

Before that, Sartu used relatively low-tech refining equipment.The refining effect is not very good, but it can still be used.

The current situation is that as long as oil can be produced, it is money.Oil is money.

At this time, the Great Depression in the United States became more and more serious.Although the falling stock market has recovered a little bit for a while, it is just a flashback.The Great Depression cannot be stopped at all, and the economic crisis is really coming.

U.S. stock markets groaned.

And the stock market collapsed, even the US finance and industry were hit hard.

In response to the Great Depression in the United States, the Chinese cabinet decided to release water, and decided to launch large-scale projects and projects to combat the economic shrinkage caused by the Great Depression.Whether it is China's mining industry or other raw material industries, after these years of development, its strength has become very strong.If you look at the data, you will know that many of them are among the best in the world.

With so much production, many of them rely on exports.

But with the downturn of the world economy, the export of these things is blocked, and it is already a certainty.And it depends on the extent of the world economic recession.

If it is just a general recession, it will have little effect on China's exports.However, once the recession becomes serious, it is not impossible for the exports of these raw materials to drop by 30%, or even 50%.

So what about things that cannot be exported?

Of course you have to digest it yourself.

how to digest.

Big investment, big projects, to digest them.Artificially digesting these things, the funds after the same large-scale release of water will also suddenly give the people some money for consumption.Although the sequelae of such a large-scale release of water are not small, Duan Xun believes that China can digest those sequelae.

Because what is the biggest sequelae after such a large-scale release of water?

After large investment and large projects, the biggest sequelae is overproduction.Because under the big stimulus, the great industrial development does not match the real purchasing power.Because the purchasing power at this time is actually the purchasing power created by hard foam.

Just like after the big infrastructure construction, the iron and steel industry, the cement industry, and the glass industry will develop along with it. Those are not normal needs.But they don't care about these industries, and they will develop with the release of water.But when the flood is over, these demands will naturally and rapidly decrease.At that time, the steel industry, cement industry, glass industry, including the automobile industry, home appliance industry, furniture industry, etc., which have developed following the large-scale release of water, will fall into a situation of overproduction.How serious is the large-scale release of water, and how serious is the excess production.

Because there is no possibility of continuing to release water.

At that time, there will be a serious economic crisis just like the Great Depression in the United States.Because these excess production cannot be solved, things cannot be sold, factories will close down, and workers will be laid off.

But Duan Xun is not afraid.Because after the Great Depression in the 30s, Germany, Japan, and the Soviet Union all began to take the road of large-scale industrialization.And by the end of the 30s, World War II would break out.As long as China chooses better at that time, the excess production can be consumed by taking advantage of this opportunity.

Not only will there be no problems, but it will stimulate economic development and industrial development.So Duan Xun supports the big release.To deal with the coming world economic crisis, releasing water is the best way.Moreover, when European, American and Japanese countries have not reacted, China took the lead in releasing water and can take the lead in getting out of the economic crisis.After the cabinet decided to release water, Dai Kan and Wang Yongjiang led everyone to immediately start rectifying the second five-year plan.

It's not about rectifying the second five-year plan, but adding more key support projects to it.

"Prime Minister, after our re-examination during this period, we have made the following amendments to the second five-year plan. On the basis of the original 23 large-scale projects, we have added 20 key projects again, making the second five-year plan Among them, there are 43 key projects.”

The sudden Great Depression completely disrupted the original plan of the Chinese government.Originally formulated 23 key projects, 20 more were added at once.Originally limited by the financial situation, the plan to develop step by step suddenly turned into a very radical plan.

"Let's talk about it one by one."

"Yes. Prime Minister, after research by the Economic and Development Commission, it is believed that large investment and large projects should start with railways. Originally, the second five-year plan was to slow down the construction of railways. But since large investments are required, railways are the best .Therefore, the Economic and Development Commission decided to start building the following railways in the second five-year plan.”

"The first railway is to alleviate the current tight capacity of the Beijing-Harbin Railway (Beijing to Harbin). At present, there are only two routes connecting the transportation outside the customs and within the customs. One is the Beijing-Harbin railway, and the other is by shipping from Dalian. From As far as railways are concerned, there is only one such line as the Beijing-Harbin Railway. However, the freight between the customs inside and outside the customs every year has overloaded the Beijing-Harbin Railway. In addition to passenger transport, the current capacity of the Beijing-Harbin Railway is very difficult. The Beijing-Harbin Railway has been unable to adapt to the rapid Developing Northeast. In order to alleviate this situation, the Ministry of Railways is planning to build the Beijing-Tongliao Railway, that is, the railway from Beijing to Tongliao County. Tongliao County is very important in location, at the throat of Mongolia, Northeast China, and North China. As long as the Beijing-Tongliao Railway is completed In addition to the Beijing-Harbin railway, another railway connecting the inside and outside of the customs can be opened. And because of the importance of the location of Tongliao, Tongliao can be used as the central traffic point of the region. With Tongliao as the center, traffic can be developed in all directions. From Tongliao to It can be connected to Mongolia and Heilongjiang in the north, directly connected to Jilin and Fengtian in the east, and the Gyeonggi area in the south.”

"The second railway is the Baolan Railway, which is a large railway connecting North China, Mongolia, and Northwest China. That is, the railway connecting Baotou to Lanzhou. This railway is connected to the Beijing-Baotou Railway, and it can directly connect North China and Northwest China. .And the resources needed in Gansu can enter Gansu through this railway.”

"The third railway is to relieve the pressure on the Beijing-Hankou railway and to build another north-south line. Therefore, after inspection by the Ministry of Railways, it is planned to build the Beijing-Kowloon Railway, the railway from Beijing to Jiujiang, in the second five-year plan. "

Speaking of Jiujiang Railway, Liang Huankui paused.

Because of Jiujiang, this is a good place.In current China, Jiujiang is one of the most developed big cities.Because Jiujiang is a shipping center city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, Jiujiang Port ranks fourth among the Yangtze River shipping ports.

Now the most developed big cities in China are either in the coastal cities or along the Yangtze River.Because until now, shipping is still the best mode of transportation.Therefore, ports with developed shipping are places with very good economies.Jiujiang is one of the most important shipping cities on the Yangtze River, so it is also a very developed city in China.

Sun Yat-sen said in his "Nation Building Strategy" that the construction of the Yangtze River Bridge in Jiujiang will make Jiujiang the transportation center of China.Many people have said about the Beijing-Kowloon Railway.

Now the Beijing-Kowloon Railway has finally been included in the government plan.Once the Beijing-Kowloon Railway is completed, China's north-south line will have three main arteries, the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, the Beijing-Shanghai Railway, and the Beijing-Kowloon Railway.For north-south traffic, there is a huge boost.

After a pause, Liang Huankui continued: "The fourth railway is also to alleviate the shortage of Beijing-Hanzhou Railway. Recently, more and more coal has been produced in Shanxi, and we will soon build a large coal base in Datong. Therefore, we must To solve the problem of transportation capacity, coal from Shanxi currently enters Shijiazhuang via the Zhengtai Railway, and then uses the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway to go south to Henan, Hubei, and Jiangxi provinces, or goes north to Beijing, and then sends coal to Shandong and Jiangxi via the Beijing-Shanghai Railway One area. But this not only has a long transportation distance, but also takes up too much capacity of the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway. The Beijing-Hanzhou Railway is already overloaded. In order to alleviate this, the Ministry of Railways is planning to open a direct railway from Shanxi to Henan, so that coal can be sent directly to Henan. The Ministry of Railways chose the Taiyuan-Jiaozuo Taijiao Railway. In this way, Shanxi coal can not only enter Henan and Hubei, but also use the Longhai Railway to transport coal to coastal cities in Jiangsu."

Listening to Liang Huankui's introduction, Duan Xun kept taking notes.

Although Liang Huankui pointed on the map, Duan Xun still drew these railway lines with a brush in his hand, so that he could understand the railway situation more intuitively.

Sure enough, as the capital, Beijing has an advantage.

As far as the current major railway plans are concerned, they all revolve around Beijing, and they alleviate the tension of railway transport capacity in Beijing.

But there is no way.

Beijing simply has the political advantage.This is something that no one can change.As the capital, politically, it is greatly favored.Political advantages have turned into economic and cultural advantages.

"The fifth railway is the Lanzhou-Qingdao railway, which runs from Lanzhou, Gansu to Xining, Qinghai. This railway is not only beneficial to Qinghai, but also can leave a good logistics base for entering Tibet from Qinghai."